Color Doppler sonographic assessment of placental circulation in the first trimester of normal pregnancy

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 135-142

  Mercé, Luis T ^a,b,d   Barco, María J ^c   Bau, Santiago ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

^b Ruber International Hospital   (Spain)

^c Montpellier Clinic   (Spain)

^d Arzobispo Morcillo 52 9 C 28029 M   (Spain)

Author keywords

Color Doppler sonography; Intervillous space; Placenta, circulation; Pregnancy, early; Umbilical artery

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; COLOR IMAGE PROCESSING; DOPPLER EFFECT; FETAL MONITORING; FLOW VISUALIZATION; HEMODYNAMICS; STATISTICAL METHODS; ULTRASONIC VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

COLOR DOPPLER SONOGRAPHY; FLOW VELOCITY WAVEFORMS; INTERVILLOUS MAXIMUM VELOCITY; INTERVILLOUS SPACE; PEAK SYSTOLIC VELOCITY; PLACENTAL CIRCULATION; PREGNANCY; PULSATILITY INDEX; RESISTIVE INDEX; UMBILICAL ARTERY;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; FETUS CIRCULATION; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; FLOW MEASUREMENT; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PULSATILE FLOW; UMBILICAL ARTERY; VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 0030087927     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.1996.15.2.135     Document Type: Article

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